Aunty Uncle Poems

By Gboyega Odubanjo

This is a documentation of all the aunties, uncles, cousins (by blood or by choice) for whom London has become home. Here we have arrived, or found ourselves – here we try to belong.
'With Aunty Uncle Poems, Gboyega Odubanjo cements himself as one of the most exciting poetry talents writing right now. These are poems filled with wit and vulnerability, and movement and musicality, that take us to church before we've even realised they've turned us into believers. Dancing around familial bonds, the streets of the inner city, and the music and conversation that soundtracks both, the poems are less a mediation and more a meditation on the connections that make us – if you're one of 'us' – who we are' – Bridget Minamore, author of Titanic (Out-Spoken Press) and co-founder of Critics of Colour.

• Language: English
• Publisher: The Poetry Business
• Release date: May 18, 2021
• ISBN: 9781912196579

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Published 2021 by

New Poets List

The Poetry Business

Campo House,

54 Campo Lane,

Sheffield S1 2EG

Copyright © Gboyega Odubanjo 2021

All Rights Reserved

ISBN 978-1-912196-56-2

eBook ISBN 978-1-912196-57-9

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The Poetry Business gratefully acknowledges the support of Arts Council England.

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Contents

Sunday Service

World Parent

Fam

In My Country

There Is Joy Breaking Here

Diplomacy

A Reminder to Mind Your Own

Tuesday

Dalston Lane

Butch Cassidy

All I

Oil Music

Home

Blessed Princess Lady

Back to Sender

Saturday

Babel

Grace

Drake Equation

Shout Outs (Radio Edit)

Brother

i’m a young money millionaire / tougher than nigerian hair

– Lil Wayne